Was Bernard Fassier Misinterpreted?

In a phone conversation with Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov, OSCE Minsk Group French co-chair Bernard Fassier said that his statement about Azerbaijan’s military capability was the result of misinterpretation.

According to the Azerbaijani news agency Trend News, Fassier expressed his concerns about the fact that his words were misinterpreted and circulated both in Azerbaijani and in Armenian press.

Fassier also clarified that as a diplomat and military officer he could not allow himself to evaluate the state of the armed forces of this or that country or the extent to which the country is prepared to solve the conflict through military means.

Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry stated it was willing to hold consultations with OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs and settle the matter.

At the NATO Parliamentary Assembly’s 73rd Rose-Roth seminar in Yerevan on March 11, Bernard Fassier had said, “I personally know how brave the Armenian and Karabakh soldiers are.”